As a Senior Human Resources Officer and a Leader in the United States Army, I found this class not only to be very informative, but very useful for future practice and application. Through the myriad of different leadership theories and approaches, I have developed a better understanding of the historical, political, social, cultural, psychological, and organizational contexts in which leadership occurs. I am knowledgeable on several ways to identify personnel who may be make for better leaders using the Trait Approach, Skills Approach, and Style Approach. I am also able to better match leaders with subordinates by using the Situational Approach, Contingency Theory, and Path-Goal Theory. Finally, and probably most importantly, I have…show more content…

However, using the Leadership Trait Questionnaire (LTQ) during the hiring/promotion process could help identify personnel who currently have those traits. I fully believe that leadership traits can be developed over time through experience and learning. With the complexities and advance nature of the human brain, it is how people are developed through life that makes them into effective leaders; it is nurture, not nature. However, most organizations are looking to hire leaders who have already developed the leadership traits to a certain degree. That can be explained why people who go to college are more likely to be hired over those who do not and why people who have been in positions of leadership are more hirable than those who have not; college serves to develop leadership traits as well as other leadership experiences. Organizations prefer hiring personnel who already exude high levels of leadership traits that they do not have to develop any further. However, with that being the case, most organizations have programs to make their employees even more effective leaders because they know that the leadership traits can be even more developed. The LTQ could be used in the workplace to identify personnel who could benefit from leadership trait development training.
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A Journey of leadership: Enable Others to Act, Transformational, and Authentic Leadership
This paper takes a journey of one person’s struggle to acquire skills that during the course of his life reached the pentacle of sound footing in a career as Director of Materials and Management for a local Mining Company. A brief overview of the concepts of transformational and authentic leadership and motivation of enabling others to act, thru fostering collaboration, creating a climate of trust, and facilitating…

Theoretical Framework
Authentic Leadership Theory
The theory of authentic leadership has continued to develop since 1966 (Gardner, Cogliser, Davis, & Dickens, 2011). This is a relative new leadership theory and there is no single accepted definition of authentic leadership (Northouse, 2010). Authentic leadership can be defined using three different perspectives to include intrapersonal, interpersonal, and developmental (Chan, 2005). These perspectives include looking at the authenticity of the leader…

Servant and Authentic Leadership Theories: Short Paper Examination
Introduction
Effective leadership, commonly regarded as both a learned skill and innate ability, is an essential characteristic of successful organizations (Northouse, 2016). Great leaders are said to define purpose, create a vision for the future, set high ethical standards, and guide their organizations through many circumstances and into new directions (Morrill, 2007; Parris & Peachey, 2012). Leadership is also described as complex…

After studying and learning from the different theories of Leadership, I found Transformational Leadership the best theory to identify with. Before going further with this theory, I want to state the most accurate Leadership definition for me. Leadership is a development of social influence and an exchange of values, behaviors, and power delegation between leaders and followers, where leaders maximizes efforts of the followers to achieve a collective goal (Kruse, 2013). Moreover, Scholars has divided…

Describe the role of leadership types within teams. What are some of the primary reasons teams fail? What can be done to ensure team success? Give a personal example of team success. Support your discussion with appropriate leadership theories that apply.
Transformational Leadership can play a role in creating a successful team. It can also be the process that changes and transforms people dealing with emotions, values, ethics, and standards. Transformational Leadership is the process whereby…

A theory in its infancy
Authentic leadership is in its infancy, which means the concept still lacks certain universal answers or theories to specific questions. As we will explore in the section about the advantages and disadvantages of the theory, the lack of proper theory or model is sometimes criticised.
But the core ideas of authentic leadership have evolved and academics are continuously researching the theory and its validity further. The emphasis of the theory is on the leader’s legitimacy…

A Journey of Leadership: Enable Others to Act, Transformational, and Authentic Leadership
This paper takes a journey of one person’s struggle to acquire skills that during the course of his life reached the pentacle of sound footing in a career as Director of Materials and Management for a local Mining Company. A brief overview of the concepts of transformational and authentic leadership and motivation of enabling others to act, thru fostering collaboration, creating a climate of trust, and facilitating…

Leadership for Authentic Learning
Introduction
The focus of this assignment is authentic learning, but more specifically, authentic learning within a Catholic school context. This assignment will put forward leadership approaches that school leaders can employ to help build teachers’ capacities to provide authentic learning experiences in their classrooms. Futhermore, the moral dimension of leadership in this context will be explored as will a transformational leadership style, which can bring…

The transformational leadership theory was initially introduced by Burns (1978). Burns (1978) observed the characteristics of various leaders. The transformational theory is centered on the links formed amongst leaders and followers. The transformational leadership theory assumes that people will follow a leader who inspires them, and that a leader with a vision and passion can achieve great things. Also, the transformational leadership theory noted that the way leaders get things done is by showing…

scholar Peter Drucker “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things” (Flagello 2009, p.127). There in lies the difference, management is about implementation and leadership is about deciding which course of action to take. Leadership is about the ability to influence, motivate, and stimulate those you lead while considering their input and the objective (Bass 1985). However, just as it is with management, leadership is affected by both the situation and resources presented…